Main Page

Course Administration

Course Outline & Text

Course Materials

Schedule

News & Announcements

Homework Assignments

Related Links

Jayant Rajgopal
1039 Benedum Hall
Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Tel. +1 412 624 9840
Fax +1 412 624 9831

rajgopal@pitt.edu

The text for the class is a custom publication containing seven chapters from reference 1 below (Nahmias), and a chapter from reference 5 (Simchi-Levi).  This is available for purchase at the Pitt bookstore.  I'm not certain if you will be able to buy this on-line from McGraw Hill - the ISBN numbers are 978-0-390-25893-9 (ISBN-13) or 0-390-25983-8 (ISBN-10).   All of the references listed below will be on reserve in the Engineering library.

If you prefer, you may also purchase the book by Nahmias; it's an excellent reference and was the text in past years.  However, we will not use the entire book and it is likely to be considerably more expensive (even used...). 

In addition to the text you are required to print the handouts and other teaching materials to be found in the "Course Materials" section (it's all free!) and bring these to class with you every session.

1. Production and Operations Analysis (6th Edition), by Steven Nahmias, McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, NY (2009). 
2. Production: Planning, Control, and Integration, by Daniel Sipper and Robert Bulfin, McGraw Hill, New York, NY (1997).
3. Factory Physics (2nd Edition), by Wallace Hopp and Mark Spearman, McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, NY (2001).
4. Supply Chain Management (4th Edition), by Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl; Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, N.J. (2010).
5. Designing & Managing the Supply Chain (2nd Edition), by David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky and Edith Simchi-Levi; McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, NY (2003).

This course provides an overview of Supply Chain Analysis with an emphasis on operations and a strong quantitative/analytical orientation.  Topics to be covered include a general introduction to operations management & analysis; supply chain strategies; sourcing decisions; demand forecasting; aggregate production planning; managing supply and demand; production and inventory control systems including MRP, JIT and Japanese production philosophies; dealing with uncertainty; distribution networks; coordination & integration. Some topics may be deleted and other added depending on time constraints. 

NOTE: There’s really no single book that covers all the topics mentioned above to my satisfaction.  Students are therefore expected to attend lectures and make use of class notes, and to also supplement the text with readings from other books such as the references listed above.